Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Senior Writer Michael Lananna shadowed redshirt sophomore linebacker Jeff Schoettmer for a day. Check out his story on how the North Carolina football player balances his time on the field with his studies.
- Led by the sharpshooting of J.J. Mann, Belmont upset the No. 12 North Carolina men’s basketball team 83-80 Sunday, Lananna writes.
- Senior Writer Madison Way writes that the Tar Heels were doomed in the last minute of the Belmont game by a slew of mishaps.
- ESPN.com’s C.L. Brown writes that after the loss, UNC wonders what’s next. He also adds that the thought of the week is guard Marcus Paige has emerged as a go-to player that could be more selfish.
- Check out this video from the UNC-Belmont game from Lily Fagan and Robert Berges.
- Kareem Martin sparked the North Carolina football team’s defense, which guided the Tar Heels to a 34-27 victory against Pittsburgh Saturday, Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes.
- Lee Pace of GoHeels.com writes that freshman wide receiver and punt returner Ryan Switzer, who took back to punts for touchdowns against Pittsburgh, has lived up to what he sees himself as — a “baller.”
- With strong bench efforts from Jessica Washington and Allisha Gray, the UNC women’s basketball team beat UCLA, Carlos Collazo writes.
- The UNC field hockey team won its first two games in the NCAA Tournament against Delaware and Wake Forest this weekend to advance to the final four, Haley Rhyne writes.
- Dylan Howlett writes that Sinead Loughran helped the field hockey team get to the NCAA Tournament semifinals despite playing with a broken hand.
- The No. 1 seeded North Carolina women’s soccer team blew out the Liberty Flames 4-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Kevin Phinney writes.
- Max Miceli writes that Liberty fans followed their team to Chapel Hill, providing a unique environment for the Tar Heels to play in at home.
- UNC volleyball defeated Virginia Tech before knocking off Virginia on Saturday’s Senior Night, Logan Ulrich writes.
- Madison Way writes that UNC’s sophomore class were the ones to lead on Senior Night.
- The North Carolina wrestling team claimed three titles at the Wolfpack Open this weekend, Phinney writes
- Last but not least, Bryan Frantz writes that both the men’s and women’s cross country teams qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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